Socioeconomic status has profound impact on one’s health. A person is
able to spend more on health and wellness when that person has more
disposable income. Socioeconomic status therefore affects people’s biology over
their lifetime, making them more or less susceptible to chronic illness. This rate
of chronic illness within a population will obviously be related to the life
expectancy of the community. Firstly, this thesis examines socioeconomic status
in Washington, D.C., where there is wide inequality between people living only
miles away. Secondly, this thesis correlates, among the eight wards in
Washington, D.C., the different aspects of socioeconomic status to life
expectancy. In an interdisciplinary manner, this thesis aims to analyze the
disparity in life expectancy in Washington, D.C. and the significant factor that
socioeconomic status plays in one’s biological destiny.

Socioeconomic status has profound impact on one’s health. A person is
able to spend more on health and wellness when that person has more
disposable income. Socioeconomic status therefore affects people’s biology over
their lifetime, making them more or less susceptible to chronic illness. This rate
of chronic illness within a population will obviously be related to the life
expectancy of the community. Firstly, this thesis examines socioeconomic status
in Washington, D.C., where there is wide inequality between people living only
miles away. Secondly, this thesis correlates, among the eight wards in
Washington, D.C., the different aspects of socioeconomic status to life
expectancy. In an interdisciplinary manner, this thesis aims to analyze the
disparity in life expectancy in Washington, D.C. and the significant factor that
socioeconomic status plays in one’s biological destiny.